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  2. Victoria amazonica - Wikipedia

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    Victoria amazonica is a species of flowering plant, the second largest in the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. It is called Vitória-Régia or Iaupê-Jaçanã ("the lilytrotter's waterlily") in Brazil and Atun Sisac ("great flower") in Inca (Quechua). Its native region is tropical South America, specifically Guyana and the Amazon Basin.

  3. Victoria (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Victoria or giant waterlily [4] is a genus of aquatic herbs in the plant family Nymphaeaceae. [5] Its leaves have a remarkable size: Victoria boliviana produces leaves up to 3.2 metres (10 ft) in width. [2] The genus name was given in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. [2] [6]

  4. Echinodorus - Wikipedia

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    Echinodorus are by nature marsh and bog plants that can grow submersed. Many species are grown in aquariums. They prefer good light and grow best in a deep, nutrient-rich substrate. Most will grow in variable water conditions, though the majority need tropical or sub-tropical temperature ranges. Propagation is by division or by adventitious new ...

  5. List of plants of the Amazon rainforest of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plants found in the wild in Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil. The estimates from useful plants suggested that there are 800 plant species of economic or social value in this forest, according to Giacometti (1990).

  6. Category:Flora of the Amazon - Wikipedia

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  7. Amazon River - Wikipedia

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    The candirú, native to the Amazon River, is a species of parasitic fresh water catfish in the family Trichomycteridae, [101] just one of more than 1200 species of catfish in the Amazon basin. Other catfish 'walk' overland on their ventral fins, [ 102 ] while the kumakuma ( Brachyplatystoma filamentosum ), aka piraiba or "goliath catfish", can ...

  8. Amazon basin - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 1 ] or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent.

  9. Várzea forest - Wikipedia

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    A river in the Amazon. Along the Amazon River and many of its tributaries, high annual rainfall that occurs mostly within a rainy season results in extensive seasonal flooding of areas from stream and river discharge. [6] The result is a 10–15 m (33–49 ft) rise in water level, with nutrient rich waters.